ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,975, issued on July 21, was assigned to TOTAL TIRE RECYCLING LLC (Houston).
"Smart sustainable road base system and method of constructing" was invented by Michael F. Getz (Pearland, Texas), Donal P. Wadleigh (Seabrook, Texas) and John R. Koonce (Baytown, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sustainable road base system and method of constructing said system on any surface. The sustainable road base system seeks to provide users with a road base that holds rock aggregate inside tire tread-ring containers. The ring containers form cylindrical elements and are arranged along a surface to provide support to various sized roads, both p...